Former Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip May Be Released From Oklahoma Prison Today

Former decease statement inmate Richard Glossip, who spent astir 30 years connected decease statement earlier nan Supreme Court overturned his condemnation earlier this year, whitethorn beryllium released from situation today.

Glossip, 62, will look successful tribunal connected Wednesday successful Oklahoma City for a enslaved proceeding regarding his imaginable release.

The erstwhile motel head was convicted successful 1997 of commissioning nan execution of his erstwhile leader Barry Van Treese, nan proprietor of a motel successful Oklahoma City. Glossip has maintained his innocence.

The Supreme Court threw out Glossip’s execution condemnation successful February because a cardinal witnesser lied successful tribunal and prosecutors withheld accusation astir him.

Sheriff's deputies lead Richard Glossip into tribunal connected June 9 successful Oklahoma City. Sean Murphy / AP

The witness, Justin Sneed, admitted to sidesplitting Van Treese, but told prosecutors that nan sidesplitting was astatine Glossip's guidance successful speech for $10,000. Sneed, a motel handyman, received a life condemnation for nan crime, while Glossip was fixed nan decease penalty.

In nan Supreme Court's mostly ruling, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that prosecutors "knew Sneed’s statements were false" and that “because Sneed’s grounds was nan only nonstop grounds of Glossip's guilt of superior murder, nan jury’s appraisal of Sneed's credibility was needfully determinative here."

"Hence, location is simply a reasonable likelihood that correcting Sneed’s grounds would person affected nan judgement of nan jury," she wrote.

Glossip’s attorney, Don Knight, did not instantly return a petition for comment. In February, he lauded nan Supreme Court’s ruling.

"He had 9 execution dates, 3 past meals, and obviously, to yet get alleviation has been immense for him, and he’s thrilled beyond words,” Knight said astatine nan time.

Since nan ruling, Glossip has been removed from decease statement and held without bail successful nan Oklahoma County Detention Center.

The court’s ruling came respective years aft a group of bipartisan Oklahoma lawmakers championed Glossip’s innocence, commissioning an independent study successful his defense.

The 2022 study concluded that “no reasonable assemblage proceeding nan complete grounds would convict Glossip of first-degree murder.”

The latest twist successful Glossip's lawsuit came past period erstwhile Oklahoma State Attorney General Gentner Drummond said that he intends to prosecute a caller execution trial against Glossip connected a first-degree execution charge.

"While it was clear to maine and to nan U.S. Supreme Court that Mr. Glossip did not person a adjacent trial, I person ne'er proclaimed his innocence," Drummond said successful a connection astatine nan time. "After nan precocious tribunal remanded nan matter backmost to territory court, my agency thoroughly reviewed nan merits of nan lawsuit against Richard Glossip and concluded that capable grounds exists to unafraid a execution conviction."

Drummond added that he would activity a life condemnation for Glossip alternatively than nan decease penalty.

The authorities lawyer general's agency did not instantly return a petition for comment.